Joppa, Ill., outscored CFS 10-1 in the extra period Thursday at Briensburg, with junior guard Tyler Castleman scoring all 10 points for a game-high total of 40.

Castleman’s big night saved the Rangers, who had scored an easy 76-56 victory over the Eagles at the CFS gym Dec. 22 in the Trees ‘n Trends Itty Bitty Christmas Tournament.

They found CFS a much more stubborn adversary Thursday. The Eagles were never out of contention until the extra period, which Castleman and Joppa dominated.

Joppa led by two points at the first quarter stop and by one point at halftime and after three periods. With 5.2 seconds left in regulation and Joppa leading 48-46, Joe Paul Dean drove the length of the floor for a layup at the buzzer that sent the game into overtime.